Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-09-20
CHAPTER VII

The case dragged OH for several days, and
nothing of Importance interviewed. 10 all tho
questions Roger answered:
~ am innocent, but shall not defend my
self. They can do as they please with me-
lie delivered himself up to the fatality
which seemed to have taken possession of
him. II there had been the least doubt in tho
mind OF the justices or lack of connecting
links IN the chain Of evidence, Roger might
hgyo henn saved, hut mhamiv everything
retihed to point to his guilt, and all these
things formed in the mind of NJ. De Ligne-
ROLES an unsuitable proof. After this first
examination tho case was sent up to the court
Of aSsizes Of Seine-et- Disc, then in session at
| Versailles.
Henriette learned this through the papers.
She went out no more and seemed buried In
a strange torpor, mental and physical. She
never pronounced a word and even seemed TO
forget the existence of her little girl and sat
hours without moving or appearing to see.
She ate almost nothing and did not attempt
to go to bed ut all, and If she did sleep it was
sitting in her chair.
Her little girl watched over her as il she
was the mother and Henriette the child, and
she doubtless would have starved had it not
been for the child.
Henriette had an uncle who lived at somo
thirty or forty miles from there, and hearing
of his nlece's trouble, he and his good old
wife left their home and foundry and
FASTENED to her, and the childleSs old couple
did everything they could possibly imagine to
tighten her sad load.
One morning Henriette was gone. There
was no trace Of her to be discovered and the
most diligent search revealed nothing, until
one day, some six or seven days after her dis
appearance, a policeman found on the bank
of the river tiny slipper which was recog-
nized as hers
| Then they dragged the river and searched
for miles along its banks, but they never
found the body Of poor Henriette, and the
uncle and aunt remained in the house TO keep
charge of it until Rogers trial was ended.
Little Suzanne sat listless and pale In her
chair day after day, rousing but seldom,
though she never mentioned the absence OF
her father nor the dreadful ordeal through
which she had passed,
Nine. Do Noirville had dreamed of VEN
yennce. She was now tNenged moro com
pletely than she had wished. She had threat
ened Roger with its weight. "Revenge me,
but revenge me WE'LL" she had cried to
lnversah; tnelr compact was coheludtu. A
Few Gays alter lhls LuVersah' ana ohIy TWO
hours aiter 'le ihuder OF LaronetIe, appeared
ne Daii where Juiil was ne was SOME
"hht paiei put cool anu coIrect, uilu us uieSs
was irreproaehapie' he came up 10 her ana
"What is thisl" asked she.
Inc lVO,OVO Irhhcs WHICH you owe hoRer
haroque; lomorro" morning ne must nave ''
lheSe In MS poSseSS'oh WITHOUT laul0 OF IAN
ure;
VI thought lie was III very straltened en-
eumstancesF
"he Is"
Then this Is safety. Is that my ven
geance|
Through that he is lost
VI Will do 1t, though do not understand
It,"
She took the notes and hid them while Lu-
versan showed himself few moments among
the guests Inc next morning she drove to
Laroque ana lett nm the package OF money,
with what results we know.